From efdff890eda8bad1463930bfe6bd1a51b226c90b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Gautier <mg@max.gautier.name>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:13:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce a timeout for package installation

Sometimes package installations can get into weird state and stuck for a
very long time.
Timeout the tasks to fail early, with a customizable timeout duration.
---
 roles/system_packages/defaults/main.yml | 1 +
 roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml    | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/roles/system_packages/defaults/main.yml b/roles/system_packages/defaults/main.yml
index 62704067a..79c9836a4 100644
--- a/roles/system_packages/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/system_packages/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
 # number of times package install task should be retried
 pkg_install_retries: 4
+pkg_install_timeout: "{{ 5 * 60 }}"
 yum_repo_dir: /etc/yum.repos.d
diff --git a/roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml b/roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml
index f0bc875df..ebb98147a 100644
--- a/roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/system_packages/tasks/main.yml
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@
     label: "{{ item.action_label }}"
   tags:
     - bootstrap_os
+  timeout: "{{ pkg_install_timeout }}"